America Quote by Rachel Maddow

...that standing army can never be formidable (threatening) to the liberties of the people, while there is a large body of citizens, little if…

— Alexander Hamilton

A standing army, however necessary it may be at some times, is always dangerous to the liberties of the people. Such power should be…

— Samuel Adams

A standing army is like a standing member. It's an excellent assurance of domestic tranquility, but a dangerous temptation to foreign adventure.

— Elbridge Gerry

I am not one of those who believe that a great standing army is the means of maintaining peace, because if you build up…

— Woodrow Wilson

Clearly the American military has been a force for good for the United States. There's a reason we have a standing military. But there's…

— Michael Hastings

A standing army is one of the greatest mischief that can possibly happen.

— James Madison

...to support the Constitution, which is the cement of the Union, as well in its limitations as in its authorities; to respect the rights…

— James Madison

That the people have a Right to mass and to bear arms; that a well regulated militia composed of the Body of the people,…

— George Mason

This [a state militia system] appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best possible security…

— Alexander Hamilton

I think one of the reasons I'm standing here instead of other people is that, frankly, I talked about it, we have to have…

— Donald Trump

“The reason the founders chafed at the idea of an American standing army and vested the power of war making in the cumbersome legislature…

— Rachel Maddow

A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty.

— James Madison